See also

Family of Robert Nathan Edwards and Mary Jones

  • Husband:

  • Robert Nathan Edwards (1865-1948)

  • Wife:

  • Mary Jones (1868-1926)

  • Marriage:

  • 1903

  • New Zealand1

Husband: Robert Nathan Edwards

  • Name:

  • Robert Nathan Edwards2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Edwards (1823?-bef1885)

  • Mother:

  • Susan Wright (1820?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic groom5

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1865

  • Little Horkesley, Essex, England2 6 5

  •  

  • 1871 census says born in Great Horkesley Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Jul 1865 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Great Horkesley, Essex, England3

  •  

  • son of William Edwardes (sic) (labourer) and Susan of Great Horkesley

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 5)

  • Knowles Farm, Great Horkesley, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents William and Susan, brother William, and sisters Mary and Esther. Born in Great Horkesley Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 15)

  • Old School, Bergholt Road, Little Horkesley, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a domestic groom and living with his parents William and Susan. Born in Little Horkesley Essex

  • Immigration:

  • 15 Sep 1889 (age 24)

  • to Queensland, Australia7

  •  

  • on the Quetta

  • Death:

  • 25 Mar 1948 (age 82)

  • 52 Domain Terrace, Spreydon, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand4 7

  • Burial:

  • Mar 1948

  • Sydenham Cemetery, Simeon Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand7

  •  

  • died 25th March 1948 at 52 Domain Terrace Spreydon a widower of Mary Edwards and loved father of Tim and Dorothy and grandfather of Maureen, Marjorie and Ron; aged 82 years. Baptism July 16th 1865 in Essex parents William and Susan and arrived in Queensland Australia on board ship Quetta on Sept 15th 1889

Wife: Mary Jones

  • Name:

  • Mary Jones8 9 10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 7 Oct 1868

  • Stokesay, Shropshire, England8 1 11 12

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Nov 1868 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Stokesay, Shropshire, England9

  •  

  • daughter of William Jones (labourer) and Fanny of Paddock Stoke

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 2)

  • Badger, Shropshire, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Fanny, and sisters Sarah and Jane. Born in Stokesay Salop

  • Death:

  • 8 Mar 1926 (age 57)

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand12 1

  • Burial:

  • Mar 1926

  • Sydenham Cemetery, Simeon Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand12

Sources

1.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Lucys Family Tree by rlucypike. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1865 quarter:2 volume:4a page:302. Cit. Date: 25 April 2025.

3.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Great Horkesley All Saints Baptisms 1853-1895 ref:D/P 205/1/11 image:18 page:130 entry:1033. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

4.

New Zealand Government Births, Deaths and Marriages Online, (on-line at www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz). 1948 registration no:1948/25608. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1800 folio:140 page:9 schedule:44. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

6.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1693 folio:151 page:8 schedule:25. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

7.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). New Zealand Canterbury Sydenham memorial id:161882760 block:5d plot:68. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ludlow 1868 quarter:4 volume:6a page:563. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

9.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Shropshire baptisms Stokesay 1860-1900 ref:P273/A/2/3 page:19 entry:152. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

10.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Lucy's Family Tree by. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.

11.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:2746 folio:66 page:3 schedule:16. Cit. Date: 13 July 2025.

12.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). New Zealand Canterbury Sydenham memorial id:161882757. Cit. Date: 11 July 2025.